Community Development Block Grant- PRO Housing Competition

PRO (Pathways to Removing Obstacles) to Housing provides competitive grant funds for the identification and removal of barriers to affordable housing production and preservation.

The purpose of this listing is to award competitive grants to States, local governments, metropolitan planning organizations, and multijurisdictional entities for their eligible activities that develop, evaluate, and facilitate affordable housing production and preservation.

Local government shall have the same meaning as "unit of general local government" in section 102(a)(1) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. This term "local government" includes entitlement CDBG grantees and non-entitlement communities. Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) shall have the same meaning as defined in Section 8 of the Federal Transit Act of 1991 at 23 U.S.C. 134(b). Multijurisdictional entity refers to any association of local governments or public agencies which are bound by collective agreement (such as a memorandum of understanding, joint powers authority, interstate compact, or the like), such that HUD determines that the entity is authorized and has administrative capability to carry out eligible activities on behalf of its member jurisdiction(s). State government shall have the same meaning as "State" in section

The competition supports the identification and removal of barriers to affordable housing production and preservation. Planning and policy activities supporting affordable housing, development activities, infrastructure activities, and preservation activities.

Each activity, other than general administration and planning, proposed to be carried out with PRO Housing assistance must meet a CDBG national objective pursuant to section 101(c) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974: a. Benefiting low- and moderate-income persons, b. Preventing or eliminating slums or blight, or c. Meeting other community development needs having a particular urgency because existing conditions pose a serious and immediate threat to the health or welfare of the community and other financial resources are not available to meet such needs. To be eligible, costs must be necessary and reasonable for the proper accomplishment of the work; be allocable in accordance with the cost principles; conform to the limitations set forth in the grant agreement, be consistent with recipient and subrecipient policies and procedures; and be adequately documented.

Funds awarded under the FY23 Appropriations Act cancel on September 30, 2031. Funds awarded under the FY24 Appropriations Act cancel on September 30, 2032.

All activities must be consistent with the HUD Community Planning and Development Consolidated Plan. All PRO Housing grantees must comply with applicable environmental requirements related to any awarded funds.

All applications submitted by the stated due date will undergo a minimum threshold review. The applicants will be notified if they do not meet the minimum threshold review. If the deficiencies are curable, the applicant may be required to provide additional information. If the deficiency is not curable, the applicant is notified that their application will not be reviewed further. All applicants meeting threshold review will undergo an extensive panel review and the applications will be scored and ranked. The highest-ranking applications will be selected for funding. Upon final review of the applications, all scores and assessment material will be reviewed by HUD Management before final selection. Upon final selection, applicants will be notified of the award amount. Those awards will also be published in the federal register as required by regulations.

Awardees are notified after the final selection process has been completed and approved by HUD management officials. Awardees are provided with a list of documentation needed to enter their organization into HUD accounting systems and their HUD contract will include all regulatory requirements. If the Awardee accepts the responsibility of receiving the FFA, they will sign the contract and return it with all required documentation.